Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham called ChelseaKa’s re-taken penalty, which knocked his team out of the Champions League on Tuesday, was a “joke”.
The round-of-16 second leg at Stamford Bridge ended 1–1 on aggregate, with the Blues winning 1–0 through night one. Raheem Sterling target when ben chilwellcross of marius wolfEarly hands in the second half.
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Referee Danny Makele was sent to the monitor by VAR official Poul Van Boekel to review the incident and subsequently awarded the spot kick, which Kai Havertz missed hitting the post.
However, another VAR review found that several Dortmund players had encroached on the penalty area before Havertz had struck the ball, prompting McClay to order a retake, which was Germany Converted by the International to send his team into the quarterfinals 2-1 aggregate score,
“I’m not sure what else he can do with his hand,” Bellingham said after the match’s opening handball call. “That in itself was disappointing and the fact that they did a retake, I think is a joke.
“For every penalty, especially when you have such a slow run-up, people will be encroaching from a yard out in the box. He has made the decision and we have to live with it.”
When asked for further detail about the caretaker, Bellingham said: “I don’t want to get into trouble. I paid them enough.”
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The result is a huge boost for under-fire Chelsea head coach Graham Potter, whose team, which has now recorded back-to-back wins for the first time since October, is in 10th place. Premier League,
Potter faced criticism from a section of Chelsea fans and said: “Essentially, in life, you’re going to have bad times and good times. I don’t see any other way of looking at it. It’s that you How do you react? Bad times, get some perspective and analyze it properly. Things are not bad forever, but they feel like it sometimes!
“My job is to help the team, help the players, prepare and support the team well. They are also suffering. Nobody has enjoyed our run. So today is the day for us. was important.” Us. We wanted to make progress, and we have, so we’re happy.